Insect-trap.



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GEORGE HAYNES NOBBS, OF STANDISH, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALE TO J. EVELETH GRIFFITH, OF I-IOLYOKE, MASSACHUSETTS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part f Letters Patent No. 675,338, dated May 28, 1901.

Application filed February 20, 1901l Serial Na 48,158. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: Like characters of reference designate cor- Beit known that LGEORGE HAYNES NOBBS, responding parts in all ot' the figures of the a citizen of the United States, residing at drawings. Standish, in the count),T of Plymouth and In describing the present invention refer- 55 State of Massachusetts, have invented a new ence is first had to Fig. 3 of the drawings, and useful Insect-Trap, of which the followwherein has been shown a semicircular sheet ing isa specification. or blank l, preferably of fairly stiff paper, This invention relates to insect-traps of which has its arcuate marginal edge provided that class which employ an adhesive or sticky with a marginal series of perforations 2, the 6o :o material to catch and hold fiies and other inopposite ends of said series terminating at a sects, and has for its object to arrange such predetermined distance from the straight sticky material so as to be protected against edge of the sheet. At a point midway of the contact with surrounding objects, and at the straight edge of the sheet or blank there is same time located for effectively catching the provided a semicircular notch or recess 3. 65 x5 fiies and retaining the latter out of sight, so The central and greater portion of one side of as to obviate the usual unsightly appearance the sheet or blank is provided with a coat or of the common or ordinary sheet of sticky layer of sticky material 4, which forms a fly-paper covered with dead and dying flies. broad intermediate belt extending from one It is furthermore designed to prepare each' straight edge portion of the blank to a prede- 7o zo device originally in a fiat sheet, so as to fatermined distance from the opposite straight cilitate transportation and storage, and to edge portion, thereby forming a smooth unhave the sheet arranged to be folded or set treated marginal flap portion 5 at one side of up in the form of a trap by a purchaser whenthe intermediate semicircular notch 3, there ever a trap is required. also being a similar marginal flap portion 6 75 A further and important object is to arabout the notch and free from the sticky or range for setting up the trap without eXposadhesive material. The sticky belt also tering the sticky material thereof to contact minates short of the arcuate marginal edge, with the hands and at the same time to have so that the perforations lie in a smooth unthe sticky material arranged to form a conl'treated marginal flap or band 7. To fold or 8o 3o nection or seal for the overlapped or jointed set up this blank in the form of a cone, the edges ofthe sheet, thereby to facilitate the opposite corner portions 8 and 9 of the blank, conversion of the sheet into a complete and which are free from the sticky material, are useful trap. taken in the respect-ive hands, with the arcu- With these and other objects in View the ate edge of the blank next to the person and 85 present invention consists in the combinathe thumbs upon the inner side of the blank tion and arrangement of parts, as will be or that side which has the sticky material. hereinafter more fully described, shown in The straight edges of the blank are then the accompanying drawings,and particularly folded over toward each other, with the sticky pointed out in the appended claims, it being edge l0 applied to the outer side of the un- 9o 4o understood that changes in the form, prosticky iiap portion 5, and then one finger is portion, size, and minor details may be made inserted through the opening in the apex of within the scope of the claims without dethe cone formed by the semicircular notch 3, parting from the spirit or sacrificingany-of so as to press together the overlapped edges the advantages of the invention. of the sheet between the finger and the thumb 95 In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective for the purpose of connecting the adjacent View of an insect-trap constructed and set up end portions of said edges, the opposite end in accordance with the present invention. portions being connected in a similar man- Fg. 2 is a vertical central sectional view ner. The cone is then placed upon a suitthereof. Fig. 3 is a detail plan view of an able support-as, for instance, a table-with 10o 5o original sheet which is constructed and arthe overlapped edges of the sheet next to the ranged to be folded or set up into a trap. table, and then one of the ngers is run back and forth upon the unsticky flap portion 5 upon the inner side of the conical trap, thereby eectually sealing the overlapped straight edge portions of the blank and completing the cone, which is open at opposite ends. When the blank has thus been folded or set up into the form of a conical trap, the sticky material is entirely upon the interior thereof, and thereby is not exposed to contact nor to view, the flies having access to the interior of the cone through the marginal series of perforations at the base of the trap and also through the open top thereof. Vhen the flies have entered the trap, they come in contact with the sticky interior walls thereof and become stuck thereto, and as the sheet of material from which the trap is formed is opaque the iiies are concealed from view, whereby the device is rendered particularly useful for dining-tables and other places where it is desirable to conceal the flies.

It will of course be understood that the trap may have other shapes-as, for instance, that of a pyramid; but in anyevent the general shape will be tubular.

In putting up the original sheets or blanks for market it is designed to have two sheets placed with their sticky sides in mutual contact, so as to present an unsticky exterior, the untreated marginal edge portions facilitating the separation of the sheets when required to form traps.

What is claimed isl. Ahollowinsectt1ap,formed from a blank or sheet of bendable material, which is provided upon one side with sticky or adhesive material, and is bent or folded to form the body of the trap, some of the edges of the blank or sheet being overlapped and sealed by the sticky material, the latter also being located upon the interior of the body, and the latter beingprovded with an entrance-opening.

2. Ahollowinsect-trap formed from ablank or sheet of bendable material, which is provided with sticky or adhesive material upon one side thereof, said material extending to one edge of the blank and terminating short ofthe opposite edgethereof,wherebyasmooth unsticky sealing-iiap is provided, the sheet or blank being folded to form the trap, with the opposite edges overlapped and sealed by the sticky material at the said one edge of the blank, the unsticky edge or flap forming a space for the application of pressure to seal the overlapped edges.

3. A hollow insect-trap, having its interior provided with sticky or adhesive material which terminates short of the bottom edge of the trap, and there heinga marginal series of perforations formed around the base of the trap and in the Zone or belt which is free from the sticky or adhesive material.

4. An open-ended tubular insect-trap, having its interior provided with sticky or adhesive material which terminates short of the opposite open ends thereof, there beingamarginal series ofperforations formed around the base of the trap and in the zone or belt which is free from the sticky or adhesive material.

5. A hollow conical insect-trap, having an open base,'and an open top, and sticky or adhesive material provided upon the interior of the body and terminated short of the top and bottom edges thereof, there being a marginal series of perforations formed around the base of the body and located in the zone or belt which is free from the sticky or adhesive material..

G. As a new article of manufacture, a semicircular blank or sheet of bendable material adapted to be formed into a hollow cone, and provided with a semicircular notch in the straight edge thereof and midway between the opposite ends of said straight edge, and an intermediate belt of sticky or adhesive material applied to one side only of the blank, said sticky material being flush with the straight edge of the blank at one side of the notch therein and terminated short of the notch, the opposite portion of the straight edge, and the arcuate marginal edge, thereby forming marginal Zones which are free from the sticky or adhesivo material, there being a marginal series of perforations formed in the arcuate marginal Zone, said series being terminated short of the straight edge portions of the blank.

ln testimony that l claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE IIAYNES NOBBS.

Witnesses:

HERBERT LEE PRATT, IIYLMA W. ConBE'rr.

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